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To Scale or Not to Scale: What Should Nonprofits Consider Before Deciding to Expand a Program for Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today, there may be no idea with greater currency in the social sector than ‘scaling what works’” (Bradach, 2010, p. Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors.

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Great reads from around the web on February 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

This is a really great post to read for anyone thinking about how to measure, evaluate, and even consider the impact of social media use (and that should be everyone). "Over In 2010, we enter in to a new era of social media marketing, one based on information, rationalization, and resolve." Check it out!

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Using Social Media to Share Research

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. That model uses social media a mechanism to give feedback. By Patricia Martin, 2010. Another way to use social media is for the sharing and distribution of the finding.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. And everything was shareable, collaborative, contagious. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger.

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Speaking too soon

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I did a lot of planning, evaluation and training in the beginning – some on my own, some with Summit Collaborative. And I also struggled with the consulting business model. It will include visioning and planning, evaluation and training. it was what I enjoyed most, and it was what I thought I was best at.

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Yes, Audience Participation Can Have Significant Value

Museum 2.0

I'm incredibly proud of all the staff, trustees, volunteers, collaborators, visitors, and members who have made this happen. Last week, the local newspaper did a really generous front-page story on my museum (the MAH) and the changes here over the past eight months since I started. Community response.